2026 (Redshirt Senior): MAAC All-Academic Team ... Appeared in 10 games, all in relief … Posted a 1-3 win and loss record … Logged a 7.52 ERA … Supplied 20.1 innings on the bump … Surrendered 21 hits and 21 runs, 17, of those, earned … Struck out 14 batters … Gave up two doubles, triples, and home runs … Opened the season with a two strikeout performance in Puerto Rico against Houston (Feb. 15) … Logged first NCAA victory in four inning outing, surrendering one hit and punching out a season high four batters at UMES (Mar. 1) … Came in relief at Columbia and posted two innings of work, faced seven batters, while surrendering one hit (Mar. 25) … Surrendered one walk in nine batters faced in two total innings at Lafayette (Apr. 1) … Finished the campaign having punched out two batters vs. Niagara (May 10).

2025 (Redshirt Junior): MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in seven games … Started in one … Logged an 0-1 win and loss record … Posted 5.2 innings on the rubber … Surrendered 13 hits … Walked nine batters … Struck out one … Faced 48 batters … Opened Jasper tenure with two walks allowed in six batters faced at Mississippi State (Feb. 14) … Punched out one batter while surrendering three hits at Lafayette (Mar. 11).

2024 at Dallas College Richland (JUCO) (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in 17 games … Started in 14 … Recorded an 8-3 win and loss record … Posted 81.2 innings of work on the rubber … Allowed 71 hits … Surrendered 42 runs, 27, of those, were earned … Punched out 70 batters … Logged a 7.71 K/9 ratio … Supplied Richland with a 2.98 ERA.

2023 at Dallas College Richland (JUCO) (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in 18 games in relief … Posted a 3-3 win and loss record … Logged two saves … Added 33.2 innings of work on the mound … Allowed 43 hits … Surrendered 35 runs, 26, of which, were earned … Punched out 45 batters … Logged a 12.03 K/9 ratio.

2022 at Dallas College Richland (JUCO) (Freshman): Did not play.

Prior to College: Attended Burleson Centennial High School … Played baseball and participated in marching band …Attended Richland Junior College …  Pitched 115.1 college innings, with 115 strikeouts and a 9-4 record… Can play 20 instruments … Born on October 17, 2002 … Son of Paul and Debbie Smoot … Majoring in Organizational Leadership.

Why Smoot Chose Manhattan: “For Baseball.”